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My Girl

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Tomboy Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) has good reason to be morbid: her mother died giving birth to her, and her father (Dan Aykroyd) operates a funeral service out of their home. The other kids think she's a freak, and it certainly doesn't help that her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Macaulay Culkin), is a boy. To make matters worse, Vada is desperately in love with her English teacher, Mr. Bixler (Griffin Dunne). What's an 11-year-old girl to do?
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My Girl has a mostly sweet story and a pair of appealing young leads, but it's largely undone by its aggressively tearjerking ending.

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Sarah Fonseca Autostraddle 11/03/2018
When I watched My Girl as a kid, I spent 80% of the movie having Schwinn Bicycle and mood ring envy. Now, I'm also able to appreciate [the] dialogue... Go to Full Review
Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly 09/07/2011
C+
My Girl has some sweet, funny moments (the cast is uniformly appealing), yet it unfolds in a landscape of paralyzing, pop-psych banality. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety 03/26/2009
It’s a rough summer for an 11-year-old, but director Howard Zieff paints it in the manner of a watercolor of a youthful idyll. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Mar 18
3/4
Or, Macaulay Culkin Meets The Swarm. Go to Full Review
Erik Childress The Friendship Dilemma Podcast 06/06/2024
4/4
A film that renders a beautiful adolescent friendship wonderfully played by Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky, in one of the great child performances, while also not fumbling away confronting genuine lessons about grief and loss for young people. Go to Full Review
Brian D. Johnson Maclean's Magazine 10/11/2019
My Girl is an exercise in mawkish sentiment, an exploitation picture for the whole family. Go to Full Review
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Gabriel M Nov 26 Emotional but honestly a good movie. However this kind of movie may not be for everybody due to its disturbing subject matter on death and losing a parent and/friend. See more Nov 20 The film follows Vada Sultenfuss, played brilliantly by Anna Chlumsky, whose performance is astonishingly authentic. She’s bright, awkward, curious, and vulnerable — a child trying to understand a world filled with things far bigger than she can yet grasp. Her friendship with Thomas J. (Macaulay Culkin) is tender, innocent, and utterly believable, capturing the sweet simplicity of young connection. Anna Chlumsky and Macaulay Culkin have rare on-screen chemistry that feels pure and untouched by Hollywood polish. Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis round out the cast with warmth and humor, giving the film layers of heart and humanity. My Girl is gentle when it needs to be and unflinchingly honest when it matters most. It explores grief, first love, fear, and family dynamics, but never in a way that feels manipulative. Instead, it treats childhood emotions with a respect most movies overlook. The film’s most emotional moments are unforgettable — not because they’re shocking, but because they feel painfully true. It’s rare for a movie to make you laugh, cry, and reflect all in the same hour and a half. My Girl does just that. It offers nostalgia without sugarcoating, heartache without hopelessness, and a story that grows with you as you age. Whether you’re young or an adult who remembers being young, this film reaches straight into your heart. My Girl is a beautifully crafted film that stands the test of time. Tender, emotional, and profoundly human, it’s the kind of movie that leaves you thinking, feeling, and remembering long after the credits roll. A true 5-star classic. See more Nim T Nov 15 A very realistic story filled with a child's innocence, Anna Chlumsky's debut as Vada was excellent because she effectively portrayed the difficulties of living in a single family, while also being part of a family that faces death regularly. The chemistry she had with each supporting role, whether Culkin or Aykroyd, was impeccable and full of resonance. The way Culkin and Chlumsky progressed together to more than just friends even for a short time, it became a memorable scene. Jamie Lee Curtis brought the story together by bringing the closeness between father and daughter. Without the symbolism of death, there would not be such a well-thought-out message that is presented—a fine movie to watch, and I'm looking forward to the second one. See more M E Sep 11 It’s a wonderful movie with a devastating ending See more Dani G Jun 30 It's OK, with no big pretensions... See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 10 Success in 1 hour, 42 minutes, and 14 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Filmed in 1991 in color!!!!!!!!!! Copyright 1991-2025 by Columbia Tri-Star Pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Tomboy Vada Sultenfuss (Anna Chlumsky) has good reason to be morbid: her mother died giving birth to her, and her father (Dan Aykroyd) operates a funeral service out of their home. The other kids think she's a freak, and it certainly doesn't help that her best friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Macaulay Culkin), is a boy. To make matters worse, Vada is desperately in love with her English teacher, Mr. Bixler (Griffin Dunne). What's an 11-year-old girl to do?
Director
Howard Zieff
Producer
Brian Grazer
Screenwriter
Barbara Benedek, Laurice Elehwany
Production Co
Imagine Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
PG
Genre
Kids & Family, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$60.2M
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Surround
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